Anders Wright
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Film editor anders@sdcitybeat.com Resident film dude Anders Wright has been writing about movies, music, food, technology and all things pop culture for a decade-ish. These days, he splits his time between CityBeat, the movie theater and taking care of his young daughter. He is a voting member of the San Diego Film Critics Society and generally the sort of witty fellow you want at your cocktail parties telling you what movies to see. Send press releases, screening information and party invitations his way. |
Stories by Anders Wright
The bad news
Ben Foster is painfully good as an emotionally detached casualty notification officer
And now for something completely different
Uwe Boll turns a corner with Darfur—plus all the movies showing around town
Arrrrgh!
Rock ’n’ roll deserves better than Pirate Radio, the cinematic equivalent of soft rock
Mind games
Even with its stellar cast, The Men Who Stare at Goats isn’t the movie you’re looking for
The rest of the fests
Just when you thought the film festivals were gone—plus all the local movie happenings
Fighting Irish
Violence begets violence and terrific performances in Five Minutes of Heaven
Make a run for the border
Coverage of the binational BorDocs Foro Documental leads our rundown of the week's happenings in movies
School of hard knocks
Nick Hornby does a 180 in his screenplay for An Education, about a girl who desperately wants to grow up
Artsy-fartsy
Three non-mainstream flicks you shouldn't miss—plus everything else showing locally
Melting pot
Some of the short films in New York, I Love You work, others not so much—just like the city itself
How much is enough?
San Diego County is starting to stack its film fests on top of one another—plus a rundown of all the movies showing locally
Gotta have faith
The Coen brothers make their most personal, most maddening film yet
Keep on truckin'
The character-driven Trucker leads our list of movies showing locally
Power to the people
Michael Moore is mad as hell, and you should be, too
Grrl power
Our rundown of this week's movies starts with three about, starring or presented by women
